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B: Standalone - answer There are two types of CPT codes one is add on the other is:
A: Adjustment
B: Stand alone
C: Additions
D: Single digit
D: 5 digits - answer Basic CPT codes use how many digits:
A: 2 digits
B: 3 digits
C: 4 digits
D: 5 digits
C: Tertiary care - answer Services provided by a specialist such as neurosurgeons and
intensive care units would be termed as what type of care:
A: Skilled care
B: Binary care
C: Tertiary care
D: Primary care
A: Blue shield - answerWhich of the following is not a government sponsored insurance
plan?
A: Blue shield
B: Medicare
C: Medicaid
D: Tri-Care
C: Annually - answerHow often is the physician's Current Procedural Terminology CPT
revised:
A: Never
B: Every six months
C: Annually
D: Every two years
A: Crib sheet - answerA summary form listing key component of Evaluation and
Management codes is called:
A: Crib sheet
B: Claim form
C: Insurance form
D: Processing form
, B: The American Medical Association - answerAll CPT codes, descriptions and their two
digit modifiers are copyrighted by:
A: Insurance companies
B: The American Medical Association
C: Hospital Association
D: Underwriters Association
B: Upcoding - answerWhen a code used on a claim form does not match the system
used by the insurance company blank is likely to occur:
A: Down-coding
B: Up-coding
C: Un-coding
D: Duplication
D: Upcoding - answerDeliberate manipulation of CPT codes for increased payment is
called:
A: Misconduct
B: Malpractice
C: Downloading
D: Upcoding
B: Modifier - answerA two or five digit number added to the CPT codes to supply more
specific information about the services provided to the patient is called:
A: Key
B: Modifier
C: Code
D: Secret
A: Unlisted Procedures - answerProcedures that are considered unusual, experimental,
or new and do not have a specific code number assigned; unlisted procedure code are
located at the end of the subsection and can be used to identify any procedure that
lacks a code.
A: Unlisted Procedure
B: Practice Code
C: Uncertain Codes
D: Experimental Codes
B: Unbundling - answerThe assigning of multiple CPT codes when one CPT code would
fully describe the service or procedure is called:
A: Unprofessional
B: Unbundling
C: Bungling
D: Temporary Coding
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B: Standalone - answer There are two types of CPT codes one is add on the other is:
A: Adjustment
B: Stand alone
C: Additions
D: Single digit
D: 5 digits - answer Basic CPT codes use how many digits:
A: 2 digits
B: 3 digits
C: 4 digits
D: 5 digits
C: Tertiary care - answer Services provided by a specialist such as neurosurgeons and
intensive care units would be termed as what type of care:
A: Skilled care
B: Binary care
C: Tertiary care
D: Primary care
A: Blue shield - answerWhich of the following is not a government sponsored insurance
plan?
A: Blue shield
B: Medicare
C: Medicaid
D: Tri-Care
C: Annually - answerHow often is the physician's Current Procedural Terminology CPT
revised:
A: Never
B: Every six months
C: Annually
D: Every two years
A: Crib sheet - answerA summary form listing key component of Evaluation and
Management codes is called:
A: Crib sheet
B: Claim form
C: Insurance form
D: Processing form
, B: The American Medical Association - answerAll CPT codes, descriptions and their two
digit modifiers are copyrighted by:
A: Insurance companies
B: The American Medical Association
C: Hospital Association
D: Underwriters Association
B: Upcoding - answerWhen a code used on a claim form does not match the system
used by the insurance company blank is likely to occur:
A: Down-coding
B: Up-coding
C: Un-coding
D: Duplication
D: Upcoding - answerDeliberate manipulation of CPT codes for increased payment is
called:
A: Misconduct
B: Malpractice
C: Downloading
D: Upcoding
B: Modifier - answerA two or five digit number added to the CPT codes to supply more
specific information about the services provided to the patient is called:
A: Key
B: Modifier
C: Code
D: Secret
A: Unlisted Procedures - answerProcedures that are considered unusual, experimental,
or new and do not have a specific code number assigned; unlisted procedure code are
located at the end of the subsection and can be used to identify any procedure that
lacks a code.
A: Unlisted Procedure
B: Practice Code
C: Uncertain Codes
D: Experimental Codes
B: Unbundling - answerThe assigning of multiple CPT codes when one CPT code would
fully describe the service or procedure is called:
A: Unprofessional
B: Unbundling
C: Bungling
D: Temporary Coding
